Editing Super Bowl XXIX (section)

===Host selection process===
NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXIX to Miami during their May 23, 1991 meeting in [[Minneapolis]]. Three cities presented bids: [[Miami]] ([[Hard Rock Stadium|Joe Robbie Stadium]]), [[Tampa]] ([[Tampa Stadium]]), and [[Houston]] ([[Astrodome]]).<ref name="MH05231991-pg60">{{cite news|title=Robbie does late lobbying for 1995 Super Bowl|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-super-bowl-xxix-host/143832768/|newspaper=The Miami Herald|first=Scott|last=Fowler|page=60|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=May 23, 1991|accessdate=March 21, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref> New Orleans pulled out of the running early on due to conflicts with other conventions. Houston was considered an early favorite, since they had not hosted the game since [[Super Bowl VIII|1974]]. However, the Astrodome would need to add approximately 10,000 temporary seats in order to meet the NFL's capacity requirement of 70,000.<ref name="MH05231991-pg60"/>

Rules required a candidate to receive a {{frac|3|4}} vote (21 of 28 owners) in order to win the bidding. Tampa was eliminated on the first ballot, having just hosted [[Super Bowl XXV|XXV]], along with their lack of premium seating. Then neither Miami nor Houston managed to get 21 votes on the second ballot or on the third ballot. For the fourth ballot, the threshold was reduced to a simple majority. In what was said to be a close vote, Miami was selected as the host.<ref name="TT05-24-1991-pg33">{{cite news|title=Miami gets Super Bowl (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune/143835470/|newspaper=The Tampa Tribune|first=Tom|last=McEwen|page=33|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=May 24, 1991|accessdate=March 21, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="TT05-24-1991-pg39">{{cite news|title=Miami gets Super Bowl (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune/143835611/|newspaper=The Tampa Tribune|first=Tom|last=McEwen|page=39|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=May 24, 1991|accessdate=March 21, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="MH05241991-pg45">{{cite news|title=Joe Robbie Stadium gets '95 Super Bowl|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-super-bowl-xxix-host/143834330/|newspaper=The Miami Herald|first=Scott|last=Fowler|page=45|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=May 24, 1991|accessdate=March 21, 2024}}{{Open access}}</ref> It marked the seventh time overall the [[Miami metropolitan area|Miami-area]] hosted the Super Bowl, and the second time it was played in Joe Robbie Stadium.